Today was the very definition of the phrase 'A baptism of fire'. We turned up expecting 10-13 knots but it was white caps most of the time! We finnished of a few things and launched. This is the first time either of us have sailed a proper boat in breeze since the nationals. The first capsize was a spectacular upwind pitchpole. These were full on arse over tit, down the mine style. This happened several times. We were trapezing quite far back so could this rig related or just terrible helming (I was pretty crap today!)?
The kite system borders useless (sorry Smilie!) so needs some refinement. The cuni and kicker systems need slight adjustment but they worked well. We lost a tiller extension but the boat it's self seems good and solid. Decks are easily damaged by trapeze hooks though
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I'm really happy with the rig I have. The Fyfe was perfect for the conditions and predictably just looks 'right' with the C-tech when it has some wind in it. The opposite could be said for us today. We definitely didn't look 'right' and we're not perfect for the conditions! The less said about wind the better... The Batt jib is powerful!
I have a few modifications I want to do, mainly to make things more ergonomical and hopefully save a bit of weight. The first major upgrade is a T-foil but that will be a while yet. Once we can keep the thing upright in a bit of breeze.